The Shortest Rope
"The shortest rope" is a concept that is involved when stretching a functional group of muscles. This analogy can help us further our understanding of multiplane stretching.
July/August 2017
Technique
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Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral therapy is one of the most widely recognized modalities of somatic therapy. Biodynamic craniosacral therapy (BCST) offers an understanding of the work as an energy medicine modality.
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Mindfulness, Myofascia, and Manual Therapy
By Til LuchauDoes mindfulness really do everything it claims to do? Let's look at some techniques that connect mindfulness and manual therapy.
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Is Your Health Intake on the Mark?
You can learn a great deal by receiving massage from other massage therapists and observing how they manage their practices.
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A Lesson in Nonjudgment
Sometimes the person you are touching and making contact with is nothing like you think....
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Chronic Pain and Sense of Self
Doug Nelson recounts an experience when he was confronted with a client who had such chronic pain, she had lost her sense of self-identity.
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Assessment Tests
By Whitney LoweA common upper extremity nerve entrapment that comes to most people's minds is carpal tunnel syndrome. Massage can be a form of treatment.
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Pain Exposure Therapy
Pain is essentially a threat warning, so pain exposure therapy requires time for the brain to process these bodily changes.
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Lions, Tigers, and Bears
By Cyndi DaleConsider the ability to interact with the energy of natural beings (or the spirits of animals), a remedy employed by healers around the world.
Critical Thinking and Essentials
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Massage for Complex Neck Pain
The majority of pain is nonspecific and most likely involves a postural or mechanical cause—however, some types can be very complex and hard to treat.
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Scope of Practice
By Laura AllenPractitioners who exceed scope of practice are a cause of concern for not just themselves, but also their colleagues and the profession.
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Reclaim Your Center
In the career of a massage therapist or bodyworker, there are many repetitive movements—including learning. There's always something new to explore.
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What Is Success?
What is success, and what does it mean to find success on your own terms? Well, it all comes down to values.
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Advice from the Pros
Hear advice from nearly dozen MTs across the profession with a combined 274 years of experience!
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HIV and AIDS: What You Need to Know
By Ruth WernerThe term AIDS wasn't even proposed until September 1982. Let's dive into what we know about HIV and AIDS, how these conditions are treated, and how cases have over the years.
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Gina Recto Smith
When Gina Smith was a child, her mom would hire a massage therapist if someone in their family wasn't feeling well. Today, she's a licensed massage therapist, as well as an esthetician.
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Accessory Motions
By Christy CaelThe amount of give in the joint capsule and ligaments that surround that joint determines the direction of accessory motion, and is called joint play.